Nahanni 7 weeks 3 days

Well, I don't think I have the time to write a significant piece - although I have been mulling around a few topics in my brain...unfortunately mostly in the middle of the night while I am feeding her (I'm brilliant!) and then I forget those pithy little bon mots come morning (not so brilliant!). So I suppose I will expound upon how wonderful Nahanni is and go from there.

Our little dove is now 7 weeks and counting and I have taken to heart what everyone says - they grow so fast! I have made a concerted effort every single day to concentrate on how lovely she is in this very moment, how much I treasure this time with her and how much I love to be her mom. I know that it won't always be this simple and pure, this version of my love for her as she is so innocent and vulnerable and dependent, so I try to really relish it, eat it all up, this sights and smells and sounds of her. She has begun to coo in a little voice that melts my heart and she is so focussed and determined to make the sounds and faces I make to her. She is very strong (we call her 'super strength') and she can almost hold her head up already and she loves to stand up on her own as she leans against you, and if you're lucky she pulls her head up and looks straight in the eye. Her lovely dark blue eyes are starting to change to the brown we suspect they will be but they are as beautiful as ever.. as you can see.

So, the little princess has felt her pea (or pee) and is starting to awaken - I am being summoned!

Pictures are of Nahanni in her first tattoo parlour experience - she was good as gold visiting daddy while he got his very special tattoo...